Records: Oak Ridge student arrested for punching school officer

An Oak Ridge High School student spent about two hours in the Anderson County jail Thursday afternoon after he was arrested for allegedly punching the School Resource Officer in the face.

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By Beverly Majors/Staff

Oakridger - Oak Ridge, TN

By Beverly Majors/Staff

Posted Jan. 11, 2013 at 3:45 PM
Updated Jan 11, 2013 at 3:50 PM

By Beverly Majors/Staff

Posted Jan. 11, 2013 at 3:45 PM
Updated Jan 11, 2013 at 3:50 PM

OAK RIDGE

An Oak Ridge High School student spent about two hours in the Anderson County jail Thursday afternoon after he was arrested for allegedly punching the School Resource Officer in the face.

Police Officer Roy Heinz arrested 18-year-old Christopher Lee Arwood shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday for reportedly assaulting a police officer after a disturbance in the high school cafeteria. Arwood, of 109 Dewey Road, was released from jail Thursday afternoon after posting a $2,000 bond.

A hearing in General Sessions Court is scheduled for Jan. 28.

School Resource Officer Sherrill Selby was called to the cafeteria for a disturbance involving Arwood, who reportedly had "threatened a teacher with violence." Selby tried to intervene and escort Arwood from the cafeteria, which was full of students, court records said.

Arwood, "already enraged, became more agitated and, using a closed fist, punched Officer Selby on the left side of her face."

Selby was in "full uniform" and sustained "some minor injury,” according to records.